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Practice makes perfect - discussing creative practice research at QMU. In this episode of the Queen Margaret University podcast series, members of the QMU Creative Practice Research Cluster discuss different interpretations of creative practice research and how art can "count" as research. Topics covered include the difference between art and research, advice for researchers and students considering working in this area, and personal experiences of balancing multiple identities such as practitioner, artist, researcher, academic, and pracademic. This podcast features contributions from Lecturer in Media Practice and doctoral candidate Andrew Rooke, Assistant Lecturer and filmmaker Regina Mosch, Lecturer in Drama and Performance Bianca Mastrominico, and Reader of Arts Management and Cultural Policy Dr Anthony Schrag. 

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Health Policy Analyst Bill Hammond, Commonwealth Fund Journalist in Residence, Assistant Lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Joanne Kenen, and chief Washington correspondent who hosts the KFF Health News weekly health policy news podcast, "What the Health?" Julie Rovner.

Before, earning a verification on social media, you had to be a celebrity, a politician or someone in the public eye such as a journalist, however, since Elon Musk's introduced verification for sale on X,  it's now easier than ever to buy credibility that was once hard earned. This creates an issue where users can share divisive content online with unearned credibility to unsuspecting readers.   As the general election approaches where parties and users alike share content in the attempt to win votes and spread ideologies, new research “Echo Chamber Formation Sharpened by Priority Users” from Munster Technological University suggests that X's verification model can intensify the polarisation on people's opinions and create echo chambers online.  One of the Co-Author's of the research is Kleber Andrade and I spoke to him. Kleber talks about his background, verification on social media, the research he Co-Authored, the recent American election, the upcoming Irish election, AI ,and more. More about Kleber Andrade: Kleber recently started as an Assistant Lecturer at Munster Technological University, Ireland. Previously, he was a researcher at the CENTAI Institute in Turin, Italy. He completed a PhD in Applied Mathematics supervised by Prof. James Gleeson, at the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry (MACSI) of the University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests are in the space of online social networks, information diffusion and nonlinear dynamics.

Before, earning a verification on social media, you had to be a celebrity, a politician or someone in the public eye such as a journalist, however, since Elon Musk's introduced verification for sale on X, it's now easier than ever to buy credibility that was once hard earned. This creates an issue where users can share divisive content online with unearned credibility to unsuspecting readers. As the general election approaches where parties and users alike share content in the attempt to win votes and spread ideologies, new research "Echo Chamber Formation Sharpened by Priority Users" from Munster Technological University suggests that X's verification model can intensify the polarisation on people's opinions and create echo chambers online. One of the Co-Author's of the research is Kleber Andrade and I spoke to him. Kleber talks about his background, verification on social media, the research he Co-Authored, the recent American election, the upcoming Irish election, AI ,and more. More about Kleber Andrade: Kleber recently started as an Assistant Lecturer at Munster Technological University, Ireland. Previously, he was a researcher at the CENTAI Institute in Turin, Italy. He completed a PhD in Applied Mathematics supervised by Prof. James Gleeson, at the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry (MACSI) of the University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests are in the space of online social networks, information diffusion and nonlinear dynamics. See more podcasts here.

Dr. Sara Accettura is an Assistant Lecturer with the "Department of Dance Studies" at the University of Malta who works to empower people with disabilities through the art of dance. Today she'll share share her story and explain how with the right amount of support anyone can learn to dance irregardless of whether they have a disability or not. Learn more about Sara and her work via the links below: "Dance For All" Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079289806203 Opening Doors Association Malta: https://openingdoors.org.mt/If you would like to reach out feel free to send an email to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com. You can also leave a review of the podcast and follow this show on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/atelierfuralle?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551850785306⁠⁠ Snapchat: https://t.snapchat.com/FVWn1jmT Discord Server https://discord.gg/XsZZ42NU X (formerly known as Twitter): @JDDragonPodcast

Esports – or competitive gaming – is the latest member of the Olympic family. Following the first ever World Cup of esports – taking place right now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this time next year the inaugural Esports Olympics will take place in the same city.Esports is already worth $2.4bn annually, and it's predicted to grow by 20% a year. So what is behind that growth? How does it all work? And what do you need to do to become a world-class competitive gamer?In this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Ralf Reichert, Chief Executive of the Esports World Cup Foundation, Mario Ho, Co-founder and Co-CEO of NIP Group, the first Chinese Esports company to list on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and Jake Trotman, competitive gamer and Assistant Lecturer in Esports business at the University of Salford 

Eimear Kelly, Assistant Lecturer in Sports Pedagogy & Coaching at MTU Cork & Phd Candidate at TUS

During this episode I spoke with Brian Mugabi, member of the Ugandan delegation at the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at RUDN University and PHD candidate. Having both been at the event, Brian and I exchanged opinions and impressions from the event, ran over the key takeaways and compared the 2019 and 2023 formats. We also discussed how many heads of state came to the summit and whether or not that matters, why African countries are tired of being caught in political crossfire, which of Russia's offerings appeal to Africans most and what Russia's alternative security architecture solution for the continent looks like. Timecodes:3:55 The meaning of numbers. How many heads of state came to the summit and whether or not that matters.8:40 Why your enemy should not be my enemy. Why Africa needs the right to chose its own partnerships.10:14 The key expectations from the event, the Ugandan point of view13:54 Russia's alternative solution in terms of security architecture for Africa16:08 What has been the role of major powers in Africa's historical development course?19:45 Africa can both cooperate with the West and have effective cooperation with Russia20:30 Whether the Soviet legacy matters for the younger generation of Africans. The importance of knowing your national history and how you got to where you are today.24:14 How the new emerging powers are providing an alternative sovereignty-focused model for Africa31:13 Is free Russian grain for African enough to stabilise global prices and avoid a food-security meltdown?33:57 The 2019 Summit VS 2023 Summit39:53 Why most Africans and Russians learn about each other via Western media. The Summit as a space for unhindered dialogue.43:15 More youth representation at the event44:12 What Brian would like to see happen in the run-up to the next summit47:19 Brian's vision for the future of Russia-Africa and Russia-Uganda relations.

On this episode of Gone Boss we talk with Christiana Mann, Assistant Lecturer of Hospitality Innovation and Leadership at Ball State University. 

Len Deighton's Bomber, both the original novel and the 1995 Radio 4 adaptation, have had a huge impact on both readers and listeners of the last flight of O Orange for decades. But how has this impact affected the view of Bomber Command and did Len get it right? Dr Dan Ellin the archivist and historian for the International Bomber Command Center Digital Archive and James Jefferies, PhD Candidate and Assistant Lecturer at the University of Essex, join me to discuss Bomber's place in Bomber Command's histography. ★Read Dan's paper on LMF, A ‘Lack of Moral Fibre' in Royal Air Force Bomber Command and ★Popular Culture, here: https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/article/view/1425/1538★Follow Dan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/danmadmorgan★Follow James on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jamesjhistory★Check out James LinkTree which includes many of his talks, here: https://linktr.ee/jamesjhistory★Buy Bomber by Len Deighton from The Damcasters Bookshop. 10% of each purchase supports the pod: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780241493700Please check out the latest from our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below: ★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum's website here: https://pimaair.org/★Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/★Fancy becoming a Damcasteer? Join the fun on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and grab some merch. Click here below for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcastersThe Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining Anthony for this episode of VETchat is Maria Munz, Assistant Lecturer for Veterinary Anatomy & Partner and Veterinary Practitioner at a clinic in Germany. In this episode, Anthony and Maria discuss all things anatomy and how it is taught at Veterinary School. Maria shares some background on her career to date, including her experience teaching anatomy in various countries. They talk about how anatomy is often one of the less popular courses at university and Maria shares how mixing the traditional academic teaching style with more applied/clinical anatomy can have major benefits. Maria explains the benefits of linking anatomy and surgery when teaching, and the importance of getting students used to cases they will see in practice. Moreover, they discuss new technologies, such as 3D models, and how they can offer improvements to the standards of anatomy teaching.

Mr. Kirunda has a Masters in Law (LL.M) International Legal Studies Program (ILSP) from the American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C, a Masters in Law (LL.M) in international Trade and Investment Law from University of the Western Cape, South Africa, a Post graduate in legal practice (Bar Course), and a Bachelors of Laws (LL.B-JD Equivalent). He currently works with Kirunda & Wasike Advocates as founding partner and is an Assistant Lecturer at Makerere University Kampala. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/capitalfmuganda/support

Virginia Cinquemani is the founder and director of Green Gorilla Consultants Ltd (www.thegreengorilla.co.uk), a unique training and coaching company focusing exclusively on empowering sustainability professionals to become the most confident and assertive version of themselves, and to successfully accomplish their sustainability projects even when their stakeholders think sustainability is a waste of time and money! Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager, BREEAM AP, ISO14001 Lead Auditor and Practitioner Coach, with a lifelong passion for sustainability. She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, a practical guide for those that have a passion for sustainability but cannot make an impact. Virginia is also an Assistant Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Coventry University. During her previous long career at BRE, Virginia was the author of Integrating BREEAM throughout the Design Process (the best-selling publication that for the first time helped assessors tackle BREEAM assessments strategically), and of BREEAM Healthcare (on behalf of the NHS) and BREEAM Higher Education (on behalf of AUDE and HEFCE); additionally, she managed the BRE Innovation Park and the BRE Academy membership scheme. Virginia's book: https://www.thegreengorilla.co.uk/sustainable-the-book More from Virginia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiacinquemani/ 1:30 Introduction 3:20 How do you define sustainability?  16:38 How do you sell sustainability? 22:37 Effective Communication  25:07 Sustainable  - Virginia Cinquemani's latest book 

On this week's episode of the Governance Podcast, Dr. Steven Klein interviews Prof. Martin Weale from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. This episode is titled “UK Pensions Crisis and Central Banking”. This episode discusses the pension funds sell-off that occurred following the UK government's mini-budget in early October 2022 and which led to the Bank of England's intervention.    The Guest Martin Weale is Professor of Economics at King's Busines School. Martin graduated in 1977 in Economics from Clare College, Cambridge. On graduating he took up an Overseas Development Institute Fellowship at the National Statistics Office in Malawi. He returned to Cambridge in 1979 to work on economic modelling projects directed by Sir Richard Stone and Professor James Meade, before becoming an Assistant Lecturer in 1987 and subsequently a Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Politics. He was elected a Fellow of Clare College in 1981.   Martin is an applied economist with an interest in macro-economic and micro-economic problems. Recent work includes exploring the effects of the Bank of England's asset purchase programme and an exploration of the relationship between the education of parents and that of their children. In 2016 he joined the Office for National Statistics Panel of Economics Experts and he is currently developing work on democratic measures of economic performance.   

The mutual benefits of economic growth between China and Australia had pushed the bilateral cooperation on science and technology, particularly the climate related technology, to a new level until a few years ago. However, the relationship has been deteriorating since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  What does the dramatic change mean to Australian international scientific collaboration in the region? Do the sea changes of geopolitical situation between the two states and beyond suggest a different landscape of international scientific collaboration in the future? Diarmuid Cooney-O'Donoghue, Assistant Lecturer in Asian Studies at Monash University in Australia, shares his ideas on the history and challenges of Australian scientific and technology collaboration on climate and energy with China and others.

英文老師、詩人與作家，前南非助理大學講師 Harriet BentleyHarriet Bentley: English Teacher, Writer and Poet Former Assistant Lecturer in South Africa @ FiresideInterviewer 採訪者: Riya Didwania

Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager, BREEAM AP and ISO14001 Lead Auditor, with a lifelong passion for sustainability. She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, a practical guide for those that have a passion for sustainability but cannot make an impact.Virginia is also an Assistant Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Coventry University.During her previous long career at BRE, Virginia was the author of Integrating BREEAM throughout the Design Process (the best selling publication that for the first time helped assessors tackle BREEAM assessments strategically), and of BREEAM Healthcare (on behalf of the NHS) and BREEAM Higher Education (on behalf of AUDE and HEFCE); additionally, she managed the BRE Innovation Park and the BRE Academy membership scheme.Virginia is the founder and director of Green Gorilla Consultants Ltd (www.thegreengorilla.co.uk), a unique training and coaching company focusing exclusively on empowering sustainability professionals to become the most confident and assertive version of themselves, and to successfully accomplish their sustainability projects even when their stakeholders think sustainability is a waste of time and money!Episode Links Green Gorilla (Virginia's Company) - https://thegreengorilla.co.uk/BRE - https://www.bregroup.com/BREAM - Sustainability assessment - https://www.breeam.com/ SustainABLE (Book) - https://thegreengorilla.co.uk/sustainable-the-bookDeep Work (Cal Newport) - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Cal-Newport/Deep-Work--Rules-for-Focused-Success-in-a-Distracted-WorldDon't Look Up - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/The Future We Choose (Christiana Figueres) - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Christiana-Figueres/The-Future-We-ChooseFour Thousand Weeks - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Oliver-Burkeman/Four-Thousand-Weeks--The-smash-hit-Sunday-Times-bestselle/25942066Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainability)

Backcasting methodology starts from the future. What kind of sport do we want to have in 2050? What are the steps we need to take to get there? In this second part of our conversation with Alexandra Köves and Attila Szathmári, we explore degrowth thinking in the world of sport and what kind of vision masters students in sports economics developed for the future of sport in a backcasting project. Our conversation mainly draws on the guests' recent work, co-authored with Orsolya Herr, "The vision of sustainable sport in a backcasting research" (Economy & Society, 2021). Dr Alexandra Köves is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Business Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest. She is an ecological economist researching Degrowth, sustainable employment and sustainable business. Her other research projects involving backcasting include Backcasting for sustainable employment: a Hungarian experience and Inner drives: Is the future of marketing communications more sustainable when using backcasting? She is also hosting the podcast Economics for Rebels. Attila Szathmári is a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Business Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest and a Commentator on Eurosport. His work has explored sustainability, (elite) sport and Degrowth perspectives. His other studies on sport and sustainability include Who cares about Gladiators? An elite-sport-based concept of Sustainable Sport and 'I wouldn't do anything differently... Although I won't let my child go in that direction': Successful Hungarian Olympians' understandings and experiences at the close of elite sport careers. ---- Liked this episode? You are likely to find the related episodes with Gunnar Breivik and Sigmund Loland interesting. 

Degrowth perspectives call for a serious rethinking of various areas of our social life and have been used in many domains, yet sport has not been one of them. What does degrowth imply for our recreational sporting activities or the sporting mega-events? What are we willing to give up and what can we keep in our sport cultures, when we are trying to stay within planetary boundaries? Do we even need to rethink the more fundamental meaning and value of sport in our lives and societies? Alexandra Köves and Attila Szathmári have recently expanded the degrowth thinking into the world of sport. Our conversation mainly draws on their recent work, co-authored with Orsolya Herr, "The vision of sustainable sport in a backcasting research" (Economy & Society, 2021). Dr Alexandra Köves is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Business Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest. She is an ecological economist researching Degrowth, sustainable employment and sustainable business. She is also hosting the podcast Economics for Rebels. Attila Szathmári is a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Business Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest and a Commentator on Eurosport. His work has explored sustainability, (elite) sport and Degrowth perspectives. ---- Liked this episode? You are likely to find the related episodes with Gunnar Breivik and Sigmund Loland interesting.   

On today's episode of The PQI Podcast we welcome Derek Gyori, PharmD. Derek earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Findlay College of Pharmacy and completed his PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. He completed his PGY2 Hematology and Oncology Pharmacy Residency at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center. Currently, he is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Ambulatory Hematology and Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center. His practice interests include ambulatory hematology and oncology, oral chemotherapy, supportive care, academia, and medication safety. Derek is involved and holds board positions in multiple pharmacy organizations. He has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Findlay College of Pharmacy and Purdue University College of Pharmacy. Today we discuss Derek's journey to become an oncology pharmacist, his family's personal experience with cancer, and tips for pharmacy students who are interested in pursuing a career in oncology.

In Episode 10 of My First Job in Sports, Mark Sullivan and Neil Schwartz spoke to J.D. Wood, Head of Business Development for the Dallas Sports Commission. Sports Commissions are an integral part of the Convention and Visitors Bureau's that are responsible for bringing both fan-based and participation-based sports events to localareas. Sports Travel is estimated to deliver just over 45 Billion dollars in total economic impact domestically. There are currently 850 Sports Commissions that serve as a great point of entry for those looking to get that all-important first job in sports.Guest Bio:J.D. Wood returned to Dallas in February 2020 to become the Director of BusinessDevelopment for the Dallas Sports Commission where he will pursue strategic growthopportunities and partnership efforts for the DSC. The native of Onalaska, Texas returns to Dallas after most recently working as the General Manager of the Panama City Beach (FL) Sports Complex / Sports Facility Management. There he was responsible for business development and overall supervision of the complex that included the event bidding process and contract negotiations. Wood served as the Sports Sales & Event Manager with the Dallas CVB Sports Marketing department (now the DSC) from 2012-13. Wood received a bachelor's and master's degree in Sport Management from Texas A&M University. Since his graduation, he has had the privilege of working with some of the best in the sport tourism industry including stints with the City of College Station, Dallas CVB, National Senior Games and Texas A&M Athletics. J.D. has had the opportunity to work on events like the Games of Texas, NBA All-Star Game, Dallas Cup, Cotton Bowl Classic and the NFL Super Bowl. Additionally, Wood serves on many national sports tourism industry boards such as Sports ETA and Event Connects Sportology Conference and was an Assistant Lecturer for the Texas A&M SportsManagement Department.When he is not working or volunteering, J.D. enjoys spending time with his wife,Cherish, and their daughters, Kennedy, Everly, and Sutton.

Sara Vero, Assistant Lecturer, Agricultural Science, Waterford Institute of Technology joined Pat Murphy, Head of the Teagasc Environment KT Programme, on this week's podcast version of the Signpost Series webinar to discuss managing nutrient runoff from farmyards. The presentation was followed by a questions and answers session facilitated by Padraig Foley, Teagasc. For more shows and information from the series and to register for future webinars visit: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/sustainable-agriculture-webinars/

Elisa Fadda obtained her PhD in 2004 from the Department of Chemistry at the Université de Montréal under Professor Dennis R. Salahub. From May 2004 to May 2008, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow in Dr Régis Pomès group in Molecular Structure and Function at the Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids) Research Institute in Toronto. From June 2008 until May 2013, Elisa worked as a research associate and honorary research lecturer in Prof Robert J. Woods group in the School of Chemistry at NUI Galway. In 2013 she was awarded a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CELT) at NUI Galway. In August 2013, Elisa became an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University, taking on a Lecturer position since 2014.You will hear the following terms used during the interview. I've included some descriptions here. Quantum chemistry -The branch of chemistry that apply quantum mechanics to chemical systems, including electronic structure, molecular dynamics and Schrödinger equations.Biophysics – And approach to science that applies methods typically used in physics to study biology and biological systems.Glycoproteins – Proteins which contain oligosaccharide chains (glycans), attached to amino acid side-chains via a covalent bond.Carbohydrates – Molecules (typically biological) composed of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen, typically with a 2:1 Hydrogen:Oxygen atom ratio.Glycan (or polysaccharide) – Compounds made of many monosaccharide subunits, linked via a glycoside bond.N-Glycans – Glycans attached to a protein at an Asparagine residue via an N-glycosidic bond.Sequon – A sequence of amino acids in a protein that serve as a carbohydrate binding site.The carbohydrate is often an N-linked-Glycan.Asparagine, proline, serine, threonine. – Amino acids found naturally in biological proteins. Asparagine, serine and threonine are required in specific combinations to form a sequon, proline must be absent from a sequon.Glycosaminoglycans or mucopolysaccharides- Long, linear glucans consisting of repeating disaccharide units – most commonly uronic acid and an amino sugar.Glycosylation – A reaction in which a carbohydrate molecule is attached to a functional group of another molecule (such as a hydroxyl).  In biology the term typically refers to the carbohydrate being attached to a protein molecule.Folded protein – Proteins have several levels of structure, secondary, tertiary (and arguably quaternary) levels of structure describe how the polypeptide chain forms into specific structures that typically confer functional properties.Cryo-EM – Cryogenic Electron Microscopy studies samples cooled to cryogenic temperatures (-153 oC or lower), while embedded in vitreous water.X-Ray crystallography – A technique which uses X-rays to determine crystal structures, but studying the X-ray diffraction patterns.NMR – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance subjects samples to a strong magnetic fields and measures the resonance pattern of the nuclei. It is widely used to study the structure and dynamics of organic molecules.Spike proteins – More properly ‘Peplomers', spike proteins are glycoproteins that project from the surface of a virus particle lipid bilayer and play an important part in viral infectivity.Coronavirus – One of a group of related RNA viruses that cause respiratory tract infections in birds and mammals. These infections lead to diseases that can have mild effects, or be lethal. The Covid-19 pandemic was caused by a coronavirus, the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The 2002/4 SARS outbreak was caused by the SARS-CoV-1 virus.HIV – The Human Immunoseficiency Virus is two species of lentivirus that if left untreated cause Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in humans.Receptor – A protein embedded in a cell membrane which binds to a specific molecule, or class of molecules.  Once the target molecule is bound, there is typically and effect within the cell to trigger some form of biological process.(viral) Pathogensis – The process by which a disease progresses. Viral pathogensis is specific to a disease caused by a virus.Computer node – Each computer in a connected cluster that are working together.GPUs – Graphics Processing Units are specific electronic circuits that rapidly address memory in order to output images to a display device. Their highly parallel structure makes them efficient at processing algorithms that process large data blocks in parallel.Glycoanalytics – Scientific study of glycosylated molecules, often biological in nature.Neuraminidase, or Sialidase – Are enzymes that cut the glycosidic bonds of neuraminic acids. This action helps viruses move through the respiratory tract mucus and infect host cells. The publication we refer to early on in the discussion is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128194751000560?via%3Dihub.  A full list of Elisa's publications is available at her group website. Elisa is contactable on social media, and you can find her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-fadda-a012b194/ (although, Elisa admits, she's rarely on LinkedIn)On Twitter, search @ElisaTelisaThe group website is https://efadda73.wixsite.com/elisafadda Our theme music is "Wholesome" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)Music from https://filmmusic.ioLicense: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Connect with me (Paul) at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulorange/H.E.L. group can be found at www.helgroup.com online,on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hel-group/ on Twitter, we're @hel_group, https://twitter.com/hel_groupor search for us on Facebook

Dr Richard McElligott, Assistant Lecturer in Modern and Irish History at Dundalk IT, on the possible development of Ardnacrusha visitor attraction

I am so excited to be welcoming my friend, J.D. Wood to the show today. J.D. Wood returned to Dallas in February 2020 to become the Director of Business Development & Events for the Dallas Sports Commission where he will pursue strategic growth opportunities and partnership efforts for the DSC and manage the event team. The native of Onalaska, Texas returns to Dallas after most recently working as the General Manager of the Panama City Beach (FL) Sports Complex / Sports Facility Management. There he was responsible for business development and overall supervision of the complex that included the event bidding process and contract negotiations. Wood served as the Sports Sales & Event Manager with the Dallas CVB Sports Marketing department (now the DSC) from 2012-13. Wood received a bachelor's and master's degree in Sport Management from Texas A&M University. Since his graduation, he has had the privilege of working with some of the best in the sport tourism industry including stints with the City of College Station, Dallas CVB, National Senior Games and Texas A&M Athletics. J.D. has had the opportunity to work on events like the Games of Texas, NBA All-Star Game, Dallas Cup, Cotton Bowl Classic and the NFL Super Bowl. Additionally, Wood serves on many national sports tourism industry boards such as Sports ETA and Event Connects Sportology Conference and was an Assistant Lecturer for the Texas A&M Sports Management Department. When he is not working or volunteering, J.D. enjoys spending time with his wife, Cherish, and their daughters, Kennedy and Everly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kathryne-buckley-tessem/support

Behind The Convention is a video podcast series where we Interview BYLC's organizers and mentors, to get to know them more personally and give the viewers an insight on what they could bring during the convention itself. In this episode, we are joined by Ustaz Khairul Nazif, Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Usuluddin at Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA). We talked about on overcoming negativity, mental health and also his thoughts on Brunei in 2035. For more information on the Brunei Young Leaders Convention, visit https://www.bylconvention.com/ . _____ Follow us on our socials

Asel loves Economics, he currently works as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Business Economics at University of Sri Jayewardenepura. In this කයිය he shares his thoughts on the role of human capital in Sri Lankan economic development, the importance of logistics Industry and the different aspects to the current debt burden of Sri Lanka. කයියෙ Guest - Asel Hettiarachchi කයියෙ Producer - Uditha Kalhara කයියෙ equipment partner - Motor sports network . Find us in Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kaiyawithkawmina Find us in Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/kaiyawithkawmina Find us in YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBrFUrqFKd6LhQIvCVK9t9Q කයියෙ highlights 01:30 Economics කියන්නේ කොච්ච‍ර practical science එකක්ද? 08:10 The role of human capital in Sri Lankan economic development 12:55 Education system එක global job market එකට jobs create කරනවද? 24:30 the real issue of money printing & the role of a central bank 30:45 Brain drain & Brain circulation 37:45 The story of Colombo terminal 49:30 The importance of logistics Industry 59:30 Different aspects to the current debt burden of Sri Lanka. 1:09:50 Why CBSL hold imports?

Next Monday, January 11th, learning will be going remote again for primary and secondary school children. And considering the toll that it took on parents and guardians alike during the last lockdown, the potential prospect of juggling work, home, and teaching your kids will fill many people with dread. To give some tips on how to manage all of this Susan was joined by Ciara Reilly, Assistant Lecturer in Education at the Marino Institute of Education. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

In Episode 4 of Season 2, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan discusses the binary of Disability and Ability with Anamika Misra.Anamika is an Autistic PhD researcher and Assistant Lecturer at Kent Law School. She has previously been involved in the Decolonise the Curriculum Project at Kent and organises with precarious staff and students of colour across a range of social justice issues. Though she’s supposed to have academic expertise in the law of armed conflict and human rights, she finds the language of expertise problematic and prefers to say she’s interested in learning about race, colonialism, disability, sexuality and gender.This episode's discussion sees Anamika help to break down how the binary of disability and ability is constructed - historically, and ideologically; the ways it is rooted in ideas of human value in relation to capital; how this means we only value ability in relation to capitalistic "value"; how this binary homogenises so many varied experiences into two boxes; and what it would look like to focus more on changing structural and societal dynamics that disable people. The resources mentioned by Anamika are as follows: - The Harriet Tubman Collective, @HTCSolidarity on Twitter- Their statement on disability solidarity-  The Black Disability Collective,@BlackDisability on Twitter- Autistic Tyla- Aucademy  To read the transcript of this episode instead, follow this link: https://www.suhaiymah.com/breaking-binaries-transcripts.

In this episode, Joyce Jambiakkim and I explore how she gets into Hotel Management, her thoughts on the role of women in the Paite community, and how women are perceived when they are more successful than man. We also discussed how one can get into studying Hotel Management, different career prospect and the diversity of the sector.

In this episode, Liam Sunner, Assistant Lecturer in the Maynooth University Department of Law, discusses his work on international trade agreements, human rights, and intellectual property. He describes the introduction of human rights clauses in international trade agreements, as well as neo-colonialist critiques of their use. He observes that countries are increasingly forming international intellectual property agreements, which may also incorporate a human rights element. And he reflects on how human rights principles should guide international intellectual property agreements. Sunner is on Twitter at @iamshirtacus.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At Canada’s National Academy of Dance Education we know that dance is a language through which we can communicate globally. The power of dance as a language allows us to share our history, traditions, culture, stories and celebrations. Canada’s National Academy of Dance Education has been blessed to have met many dance educators from around the world and gained insight into their dance training and experiences from their point of view. The more we know about dance history and cultural influences on styles, the better equipped we are as dance educators to truly present an education in dance to our students. Helping us better understand the dance educator's role in supporting diversity in our dance community is Co-Founder of Africa Speaks and Assistant Lecturer of Dance at Makerere University Dr. Alfdaniels Mabingo. GUEST: Alfdaniels Mabingo is a Ugandan dance researcher, scholar, performer, Afro-optimist and co-founder of AFRIKA SPEAKS. Born and raised in his ancestral village, Mbuukiro, in Uganda, he holds a Ph.D. in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland. He holds an MA in Dance Education from New York University, an MA in Performing Arts and a BA in Dance, both from Makerere University. He has taught dance courses at many renowned Universities throughout the US, New Zealand and Jamaica. Mabingo has published more than 20 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book chapters. In 2020, his book titled ‘Ubuntu as Dance Pedagogy: Individuality, Community, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning of Indigenous Dances in Uganda’ was published. Mabingo has received numerous prestigious scholarships and awards including the University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship and the George Payne award for outstanding academic leadership and excellence at NYU.

Our guests today are Hannah McCann, a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne and Whitney Monaghan, an Assistant Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University. Hannah and Whitney are co-authors of the recently published textbook Queer Theory Now. In our wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the challenge of defining queer theory, […]

Anotida Chikumbu is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently tutors the history of ''Power and Violence in South Africa. He previously worked as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Economic History at the University of Zimbabwe where he taught ''Economics for Economic Historians'' and ''Labour History''. His broader research focus is on aspects of 20th century war economics, colonial military and labour history. He is particularly interested in the nature of internal conflict and the processes of post-conflict transition and particularly as they relate to states in sub-Saharan Africa. His primary research interest is the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants, given the critical importance of (DDR) to the consolidation of post-conflict security and development. One of his most notable published works is Re-integration of Ex-combatants into Civilian Life: The Case of Southern Rhodesia, (Colonial Zimbabwe), 1939-1955. Chikumbu is currently working on the publication of a book entitled ''From Combatants to Contractors'' with the US Naval College: Rhode Island.

In this episode Pearl Osirikeshares her story and some of the most important lessons she has learned during her PhD so far. Pearl is a biochemist with an interest in drug discovery and infectious diseases. She holds a first-class degree and a masters degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, where she also serves as an Assistant Lecturer. Currently, she is a second year PhD student of Molecular and Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases at the West African Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana.   Pearl is passionate about teaching and research and she is excited to share her story to motivate and inspire others. To learn more about Pearl’s story, please listen to this episode. If you also have a story to be told or if you know someone, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Enjoy Listening! For complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast, visit www.phdcareerstories.com. 

Welcome to this special interview with Professor Morgan Leckie, an Assistant Lecturer of English, in which we discuss the latest She-Ra series! How does this series compare with its old predecessor? In what ways did it differ from similar shows like He-Man? Find out this and more on this special episode! Hosted by: Emily Reuben Edited by: Eli Sokeland Graphic by: Daley Wilhelm

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Peter Adkins. Peter is an Assistant Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate in the School of English at the University of Kent in the UK. We discuss his article ‘The Eyes of That Cow: Eating Animals and Theorizing Vegetarianism in James Joyce’s Ulysses’, which appeared in the journal Humanities in 2017.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today!  

Welcome to a multiple sclerosis (MS) roundtable discussion with visiting scientists Fabiola Garcia and Yolanda Higueras, PhD, and Kessler Foundation’s Drs. Nancy D. Chiaravalloti and Denise Krch. The guests discuss their collaborative research treating new learning and memory deficits in people with MS using the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT). For more information about Kessler Foundation and our researchers, go to www.KesslerFoundation.org Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, listen to us on Soundcloud, and tweet with us on Twitter! Be sure and check out our guests bios below: Fabiola García-Vaz is a fully accredited Clinical Neuropsychologist in Spain, Member of the National Commission of Accreditation in Neuropsychology of the Spanish Psychological Society, and Member of the Division of Neuropsychology of the British Psychological Society. García-Vaz has a long professional trajectory working with neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders for more than twenty years and combines her clinical practice with her position as an Assistant Lecturer in the Complutense University of Madrid, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. As a researcher, she is focused on clinical neuropsychology and neurodegenerative diseases, and currently working in cognition and multiple sclerosis collaborating with the Unit of Multiple Sclerosis of the Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Hospital La Princesa; she is currently completing her training with her PhD thesis in this field. Yolanda Higueras Hernández, PhD in Psychology has been working in the field of neuropsychology since finishing her Master Degree in 2001. Her work was strongly related with research and based on several neurological diseases such as dementia, movement disorders, stroke or epilepsy. Nowadays she is focused on multiple sclerosis and combine her role as neuropsychologist with teaching assistant duties at Complutense University, School of Psychology. Dr. Nancy D. Chiaravalloti is the Director of Neuropsychology and Neuroscience and Traumatic Brain Injury research at Kessler Foundation. She is the Project Director for the Northern New Jersey TBI Model System funded by the Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a division of the Department of Education. Dr. Chiaravalloti conducts research in cognitive rehabilitation, particularly in new learning, memory and processing speed… read more at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Nancy%20Chiaravalloti Dr. Denise Krch is a Research Scientist in the Traumatic Brain Injury research at Kessler Foundation and a licensed psychologist in the state of New York. Dr. Krch's research interests include the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation interventions for persons with Multiple Sclerosis and Traumatic Brain Injury, with a special interest in the development of culturally competent intervention methods to maximize the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation intervention with Hispanics. In a separate line of research, Dr. Krch is investigating the role of cognitive reserve in Traumatic Brain Injury. Previous research interests have been in examining neuropsychological functioning in Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease populations, using traditional neuropsychological measures and functional neuroimaging (Position Emission Tomography)….. read more at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Denise%20Krch

Gizeh Perez Tenorio is an Associate Lecturer  within experimental oncology and Online Facilitator in the Open Networked Learning courseat Linköping University. She also collaborates with Didacticum as PBL tutor where her key interest lies in incorporating technology to some of her courses, to support her colleagues in enhancing their digital literacy.  In today’s episode, Gizeh shares her career story and how she, after studies in Cuba, Sweden and the United States landed her current position as an Assistant Lecturer in Experimental Oncology at Linköping University in Sweden. Welcome Gizeh!

Martina Hofmanová has been working as a professor at the University of Bielefeld since October 2017. Previously, she was a Junior Professor at TU Berlin from February 2016 onwards, and before that an Assistant Lecturer, there. She studied at the Charles University in Prague, and got her PhD in 2013 at the École normale supérieure de Cachan in Rennes. Her time in Germany started in 2013 when she moved to the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig as a postdoc.Gudrun and Martina talk about randomness in the modeling of fluid motion. This topic is connected to the study of turbulent flow. Of course, we observe turbulence all around us, i.e. chaotic behaviour of the pressure and the velocity field in fluid flow. One example is the smoke pattern of a freshly extinguished candle. Its first part is laminar, then we observe transitional turbulent flow and fully turbulent one the further away the smoke travels. A second example is Rayleigh Bénard convection. Under the influence of a temperature gradient and gravity, one observes convection rolls when the temperature difference between bottom and top becomes large enough. If we look more closely, one can prescribe the motion as a mean flow plus random fluctuations. These fluctuations are difficult to measure but their statistical properties are reproduced more easily. A general procedure in physics and science is to replace expensive time averages by ensemble averages, which can be calculated together on a parallel computer. The concept why this often works is the so-called ergodic hypothesis. To justify this from the mathematical side, the main problem is to find the right measure in the ensemble average. In the model problem one can see that the solution is continuously dependent on the initial condition and the solution operator has a semigroup property. For random initial conditions, one can construct the solution operator correspondingly. Already with this toy problem one sees that the justification of using ensemble averages is connected to the well-posedness of the problem. In general, this is not apriori known. The focus of Martina's work is to find the existence of steady solutions for the compressible flow system, including stochastic forces with periodic boundary conditions (i.e. on the torus). At the moment, we know that there are global weak solutions but only local (in time) strong solutions. It turned out that the right setting to study the problem are so-called dissipative martingale solutions: Unfortunately, in this setting, the velocity is not smooth enough to be a stochastic process. But the energy inequality can be proved. The proof rests on introducing artificial dissipation in the mass conservation, and a small term with higher order regularity for the density. Then, the velocity is approximated through a Faedo-Galerkin approximation and a lot of independent limiting processes can be carried out successfully. The project is a collaboration with Dominic Breit and Eduard Feireisl. References M. Hofmanová: Stochastic partial differential equations, Lecture notes, Technical University of Berlin, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová, B. Maslowski: Stationary solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes system driven by stochastic forces, preprint, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová: Local strong solutions to the stochastic compressible Navier-Stokes system, preprint, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová: Compressible fluids driven by stochastic forcing: The relative energy inequality and applications, Comm. Math. Physics 350, 443-473, 2017. D. Breit, M. Hofmanová: Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations for compressible fluids, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 65 (4), 1183-1250, 2016. Podcasts N. Vercauteren: Lokale Turbulenzen, Gespräch mit S. Ritterbusch im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 144, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2017. http://modellansatz.de/lokale-turbulenzen B.Valsler, D. Ansell: The Science of Turbulence, The Naked Scientists Podcast, 2010.

Martina Hofmanová has been working as a professor at the University of Bielefeld since October 2017. Previously, she was a Junior Professor at TU Berlin from February 2016 onwards, and before that an Assistant Lecturer, there. She studied at the Charles University in Prague, and got her PhD in 2013 at the École normale supérieure de Cachan in Rennes. Her time in Germany started in 2013 when she moved to the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig as a postdoc.Gudrun and Martina talk about randomness in the modeling of fluid motion. This topic is connected to the study of turbulent flow. Of course, we observe turbulence all around us, i.e. chaotic behaviour of the pressure and the velocity field in fluid flow. One example is the smoke pattern of a freshly extinguished candle. Its first part is laminar, then we observe transitional turbulent flow and fully turbulent one the further away the smoke travels. A second example is Rayleigh Bénard convection. Under the influence of a temperature gradient and gravity, one observes convection rolls when the temperature difference between bottom and top becomes large enough. If we look more closely, one can prescribe the motion as a mean flow plus random fluctuations. These fluctuations are difficult to measure but their statistical properties are reproduced more easily. A general procedure in physics and science is to replace expensive time averages by ensemble averages, which can be calculated together on a parallel computer. The concept why this often works is the so-called ergodic hypothesis. To justify this from the mathematical side, the main problem is to find the right measure in the ensemble average. In the model problem one can see that the solution is continuously dependent on the initial condition and the solution operator has a semigroup property. For random initial conditions, one can construct the solution operator correspondingly. Already with this toy problem one sees that the justification of using ensemble averages is connected to the well-posedness of the problem. In general, this is not apriori known. The focus of Martina's work is to find the existence of steady solutions for the compressible flow system, including stochastic forces with periodic boundary conditions (i.e. on the torus). At the moment, we know that there are global weak solutions but only local (in time) strong solutions. It turned out that the right setting to study the problem are so-called dissipative martingale solutions: Unfortunately, in this setting, the velocity is not smooth enough to be a stochastic process. But the energy inequality can be proved. The proof rests on introducing artificial dissipation in the mass conservation, and a small term with higher order regularity for the density. Then, the velocity is approximated through a Faedo-Galerkin approximation and a lot of independent limiting processes can be carried out successfully. The project is a collaboration with Dominic Breit and Eduard Feireisl. References M. Hofmanová: Stochastic partial differential equations, Lecture notes, Technical University of Berlin, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová, B. Maslowski: Stationary solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes system driven by stochastic forces, preprint, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová: Local strong solutions to the stochastic compressible Navier-Stokes system, preprint, 2016. D. Breit, E. Feireisl, M. Hofmanová: Compressible fluids driven by stochastic forcing: The relative energy inequality and applications, Comm. Math. Physics 350, 443-473, 2017. D. Breit, M. Hofmanová: Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations for compressible fluids, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 65 (4), 1183-1250, 2016. Podcasts N. Vercauteren: Lokale Turbulenzen, Gespräch mit S. Ritterbusch im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 144, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2017. http://modellansatz.de/lokale-turbulenzen B.Valsler, D. Ansell: The Science of Turbulence, The Naked Scientists Podcast, 2010.

Another Take, with the Curzon Film Podcast brings a new, special episode to the Curzon schedule. In this episode, Grant Gosizk of the University of Kent, brings his unique insight to Denzel Washington's 'Fences'.Grant is is an Assistant Lecturer in the Centre for American Studies and the School of English at the University of Kent. His dissertation investigates the legacies of temperance propaganda in mid-twentieth century American theatre, and he is particularly familiar with 'Fences' and all of August Wilson's 'Pittsburgh Cycle'.Produced and edited by Jake CunninghamMusic supplied by incompetech.comStudio services from csrfm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Penny Robison is an Assistant Lecturer at Monash University, doing a mixture of research and teaching.  She volunteers for the I CAN Network, and is one of the Young Adults group leaders for Aspergers Victoria.  She also likes cycling, but hasn’t done much of it over the past couple of years. She was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome at the age of 14.5, in Year 9, in 1997.  In 2015 it is 18 years since her diagnosis!

Everyone knows that the nurses are really in charge!!...Having already undergone some substantial changes over the last two decades or so, veterinary nursing in the United Kingdom remains in the midst of changing times as nurses continue to work for greater recognition, endorsement and accountability. This podcast features Hayley Carne BSc (Hons) RVN Grad Dip, Assistant Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College. Some of the things we discuss include how to become a veterinary nurse, potential career options, procedures and treatments registered nurses are allowed to do, and CPD requirements. We also touch on some more potentially contentious issues such as what impact the move towards greater qualification may have on attitudes towards basic patient care, and the future for individuals who have worked as veterinary nurses for some time without formal qualification. Find out more about nursing courses offered by the RVC at the links below: Foundation Degree in Veterinary NursingBSc in Veterinary NursingGraduate Diploma If you have any comments or suggestions, please get in touch (email sjasani@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @RoyalVetCollege using #saclinpod; or use the RVC's Facebook page). Also please rate the podcasts in iTunes.

Everyone knows that the nurses are really in charge!!...Having already undergone some substantial changes over the last two decades or so, veterinary nursing in the United Kingdom remains in the midst of changing times as nurses continue to work for greater recognition, endorsement and accountability. This podcast features Hayley Carne BSc (Hons) RVN Grad Dip, Assistant Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College. Some of the things we discuss include how to become a veterinary nurse, potential career options, procedures and treatments registered nurses are allowed to do, and CPD requirements. We also touch on some more potentially contentious issues such as what impact the move towards greater qualification may have on attitudes towards basic patient care, and the future for individuals who have worked as veterinary nurses for some time without formal qualification. Find out more about nursing courses offered by the RVC at the links below: Foundation Degree in Veterinary NursingBSc in Veterinary NursingGraduate Diploma If you have any comments or suggestions, please get in touch (email sjasani@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @RoyalVetCollege using #saclinpod; or use the RVC's Facebook page). Also please rate the podcasts in iTunes.  

The science of X-ray astronomy began in the early 1960s, at the same time that a young Assistant Lecturer named Ken Pounds was helping to found the University of Leicester’s Space Research Group. The search for evidence of black holes was an early target of space research, and – remarkably – Leicester X-ray astronomers were able to play a leading role in confirming the existence of both now-established classes of black holes. Collapsed stars so dense that not even light could escape their gravitational pull had been predicted by Einstein, but it was only after rockets started carrying instruments above the atmosphere that distant X-ray sources could be studied. In 1975, a powerful X-ray source was detected by the Leicester Sky Survey Instrument (SSI) aboard the Ariel 5 spacecraft – causing great excitement among an international group of astronomers who had coincidentally gathered in Leicester that same weekend for a conference. Dubbed A0620-00, the X-ray source was identified as a highly unusual binary star system, one component of which was quickly established as a black hole: six times the mass of the Sun but about the same size as Leicester. Although not the first black hole candidate to be detected, A0620-00 was considered a particularly strong candidate because the relatively small companion star made studying the black hole easier than in other binary systems. Ariel 5 under construction (image: NASA)Further research by Leicester X-ray astronomers, again using Ariel 5, suggested that the extremely bright regions at the centre of many galaxies might also harbour black holes, but many millions of times more massive than A0620-00. That idea was subsequently confirmed when Leicester-led research using the European EXOSAT spacecraft revealed that these bright X-ray sources varied in strength in just a few hours, confirming a powerful energy source in a region so small to be only compatible with a super-massive black hole. For years, all known or suspected black holes fell into these two groups: stellar or super-massive. Theoretically however there should have been a third group somewhere between these two sizes. In 2010, as the University celebrated 50 years of space research, a group of Leicester astronomers confirmed an X-ray source called HLX-1 as most probably an intermediate mass black hole, a few thousand times the mass of the Sun – thereby continuing the University’s remarkable reputation for advancing the study of these enigmatic objects.